Birders
Related: About this forumHanging around the river. Mergansers? Birder friend says Buffleheads.
Last edited Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:17 PM - Edit history (2)
'White appears to go all around the back of head/neck area = Buffleheads.'
12/30 1:52 p.m.
Walleye
(31,044 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Though it's hard to see much, they are not mergansers, those that we have around here have a lot of rusty red on them and they have sleek, crested heads.
elleng
(131,081 posts)I didn't realize there were so many varieties! Some do look similar to the "square head" shape and I had no idea that Mergansers had those too, some varieties that is.
elleng
(131,081 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)To those I have actually seen and identified. Anything else, I have to look it up.
elleng
(131,081 posts)have to rely on 'birding groups' to help.
ShazzieB
(16,497 posts)An article that compares buttlfheads and hooded mergansers and explains how to tell the difference, complete with pic for comparison!
https://seabrookislandbirders.org/2021/12/06/sib-birds-of-the-week-hooded-merganser-bufflehead-2/
Those Google algorithms are downright spooky sometimes.
Guess Google knows you!!!